We ventured out into the Black Friday mobs after lunch today and figured things would have calmed down a bit. I suppose you could consider it merely crowds and not mobs at this point. Walmart was crowded at certain points of the store like electronics, toys, and Christmas items. The check-out lines, however, stretched down the aisles. We didn't find anything we felt was worth waiting in line to buy. My husband had never been out on this shopping day and was a bit shocked. He couldn't believe the 40 carts filled with items that were parked around the clothing section. I explained that each heaped cart was filled with items people had broken, opened, or misplaced in the store. We left.
We stopped by JoAnn's Fabric Store as we needed some Christmas gifts for one of our children and onl they carried the item. There were a lot of fantastic fabric sales going one but the line-up around the cutting table was four deep and slow. We found what we were looking for, had a 40% and 50% coupon on the items, paid, and very happily left.
The Dollar Store was next door and quiet as a tomb with no one milling around in the store. I guess when you base price is one dollar, there isn't any reason to waste Black Friday shopping time in there!
With a quick stop for a frozen yogurt treat, we came home and now knew that any kind of shopping on the day of Thanksgiving wasn't worth the effort.
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